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Number of 2022 car sales in Kilkenny revealed

By Kilkenny Now 2nd February 2022 0

A total of 536 new cars were registered in Kilkenny city and county last month, an increase of just two on January 2021. They are among 25,000 new vehicles that were registered across the country in the first month of the year, new figures published by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) reveal. New cars registrations […]

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Kilkenny’s most popular new cars revealed as motor sales turn a corner

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2021 0

Car sales in Kilkenny are showing promising signs of recovery as the country slowly emerges from the pandemic. A total of 1,195 new car were registered in Kilkenny up until the end of May, according to figures published by the Society of the Ireland Motor Industry (SIMI) this week. This is a significant 10.4% increase  […]

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Covid car crash: Lockdown sees slump in motor sales in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2020 0

By Jayde Maher The pandemic is continuing to hit car sales in Kilkenny, with registrations of new vehicles down by almost 14%. The number of car registrations in Kilkenny slumped by 13.72% when compared to the same period last year, according to latest figures published by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). A […]

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Kilkenny new car sales crash, but local dealers performing better than other counties

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

Sales of new vehicles in Kilkenny plummeted by over 27% last month, new industry figures reveal. Official new vehicle statistics published by the the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) this week show the number of new car registrations in Kilkenny fell by 27.59% last month to 1,084. This compares to the 1,497 new […]

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Buyers put the brakes on as new car sales in Kilkenny slow by 7%

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2020 0

New car sales in Kilkenny fell by a hefty 6.97% in January when compared to the same month last year, new  figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show. Just 667 new cars were purchased in the county last month while 717  where sold during the same period in 2019. According to […]